h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

 Just a few notes on the laws of home bathrooms on Earth.....
It seems that when a person is in the bathroom, the phone will ring at some point when one is in mid-use. I know a person that staves off going to the bathroom because I will usually call him then. I always thought that it was quite funny that everytime I called, he seemed to be on his way to the bathroom, or just coming out of the bathroom, or *SIGH* IN the bathroom.....which always brought an un-dignified picture to mind of a young man trotting downstairs with his pants around his ankles just to answer the phone. This is linked to the universal phrase "Curiosity Killed The Cat" (thought I have yet to see a cat brought back from death due to quenching its curiosity). And speaking of cats, if one has a cat or cats, they should never be alowed into a bathroom. Cats are considered one of the cleanliest creatures on Earth, but from my experience, they leave hair in the sink and tub, drink from the toilet, root around in the garbage cans, and have a certain ferocity towards the roll of toilet paper....And let me tell you, there is nothing worse than sitting down to use your toilet and find that Puss has shredded all of your toilet paper to tiny, unsalvagable bits that are too big for the vacuum cleaner, but too tiny to use on yourself (hence also having to either drip-dry, or trot down the hall with your pants around your ankes).